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Banded Demoiselle

Calopteryx splendens

75,531Records since 2000
JunePeak month
102Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan69
Feb11
Mar58
Apr427
May13,966
Jun27,083
Jul21,759
Aug9,114
Sep1,315
Oct170
Nov63
Dec15

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England5,891
2Oxfordshire England3,087
3Suffolk England2,932
4Cambridgeshire England2,733
5Kent England2,458
6Northamptonshire England2,249
7Worcestershire England1,898
8Nottinghamshire England1,813
9Dorset England1,487
10Bedford England1,427
11Surrey England1,372
12Gloucestershire England1,309
13North Yorkshire England1,124
14Lincolnshire England1,046
15Somerset England1,034
72,654 England393 Scotland2,298 Wales89 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 102 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
75,531
Peak month
June
Counties with records
102
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Calopteryx splendens
Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
73,704
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata
Family
Calopterygidae
Genus
Calopteryx
Name with authority
Calopteryx splendens (Harris, 1780)
Described
1780
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q909597 · GBIF 1427067